Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-24 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday, 23 October 2018 22:30:32 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > I have this in gentoo.conf: > > [DEFAULT] > main-repo = gentoo > > [gentoo] > priority = 20 > location = /var/portage > sync-type = rsync > sync-uri = rsync://my.local.mirror/portage > auto-sync = yes > sync-rsync-verify-metamanifes

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:49:08 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > As near as I can tell, portage processes every file in the repos.conf > directory. It looks like I could simplify things by combining > everything into one file, and eliminating the separate files. Is that > correct? E.g. create file /e

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-23 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:30:32PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > I have this in gentoo.conf: > > [DEFAULT] > main-repo = gentoo > > [gentoo] > priority = 20 > location = /var/portage > sync-type = rsync > sync-uri = rsync://my.local.mirror/portage > auto-sync = yes > sync-rsync-verify-metamanifes

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-23 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 23 October 2018 22:30:32 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:14:17 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Most files in /etc/portage can be directories, although some utilities > > > get confused if make.conf is, portage just considers the contents as a > > > single file. > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:14:17 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > Most files in /etc/portage can be directories, although some utilities > > get confused if make.conf is, portage just considers the contents as a > > single file. > > There are 2 files in my /etc/portage/repos.conf/ Namely localrepo.c

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-23 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 08:21:36AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:05:17 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > That looks easier, but... /etc/portage/repos.conf is a directory on my > > system. > > That's right, and in there is an entry for the gentoo repo, edit it. > > Most file

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:13:35 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > > You can also add "sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no" to the > > > > gentoo entry in /etc/portage/repos.conf - I use this when syncing > > > > from a local mirror. > > > > > > > That looks easier, but... /etc/portage/repos.conf is a dir

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-23 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 23 October 2018 08:21:36 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:05:17 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > You can also add "sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no" to the gentoo > > > entry in /etc/portage/repos.conf - I use this when syncing from a > > > local mirror. > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:05:17 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > You can also add "sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no" to the gentoo > > entry in /etc/portage/repos.conf - I use this when syncing from a > > local mirror. > > That looks easier, but... /etc/portage/repos.conf is a directory on my >

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-22 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:21:02PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > >> You can also add "sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no" to the gentoo >> entry in /etc/portage/repos.conf - I use this when syncing from a local >> mirror. > That looks easier, but... /etc/portage/repos.conf is

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-22 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:21:02PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > You can also add "sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no" to the gentoo > entry in /etc/portage/repos.conf - I use this when syncing from a local > mirror. That looks easier, but... /etc/portage/repos.conf is a directory on my system.

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:36:55 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > After some Google searching, I re-emerged portage with "-rsync-verify" > flag in package.use and it works OK now. You can also add "sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no" to the gentoo entry in /etc/portage/repos.conf - I use this when sync

[gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff

2018-10-22 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 06:11:24PM +0200, Kai Peter wrote After some Google searching, I re-emerged portage with "-rsync-verify" flag in package.use and it works OK now. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications